Which to use
“assurées” is an adjective and “assurons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,244
- “assurées” frequency rank
- #42,166
- “assurons” frequency rank
- 63410
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assurées | assurons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de assuré. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe assurer. |
Where the eye mixes assurées and assurons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. assurées (VCCVCVVC) and assurons (VCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses assurées with assurons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: assurées is \a.sy.ʁe\ while assurons is \a.sy.ʁɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assurées is recorded at frequency rank #21,244, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.sy.ʁe\. assurons is at rank #42,166, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.sy.ʁɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 63410, this pair ranks #82,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of assurées vs assurons
Shared letters: arsu. Private to "assurées": eé. Private to "assurons": no.
"assurées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "assurons" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- assurons ← assruons · assuorns · assurnos · assuronns · assuronss · assurosn · assurrons · asusrons
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "assurées" for "assurons" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "assurées" or "assurons" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "assurées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assurons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assurées" and "assurons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assures vs assurons". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #82,096 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.